Sash-fastener.



' No. 815,483. I PATENTED MAR. 20, 1906.

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- (U ITED S ES P TENT O ER i CHARLES SNEARER, OF CLEVELAND, OHIO. i

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Application filed September 1905. Serial No. 278,965.

To all whom it may concern;-

Be it known that I, CHARLES H. SNEARER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Cleveland, in the county of Cuyahogaand State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Window-Sash Locks and I do declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the invention,

, which will enable others skilled in the art to stance having the main holder E which it appertalns' to make and use the same:

My invention relates towindow-sash locks; and the invention consists infa set of bolts anda holder in which the same are operatively supported, all substantially as shown and described, and particularly pointed out in the claims. Y

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a front elevation, slightly in perspective, of a window containing my invention. Fig. 2 is a plan view, enlarged, on a line corresponding substantially to the top of the windowsash and across the line of the locking-bolts,

showinga cross-section of the bolt-holder, as hereinafter .fully described. Fig. 3 is a vertical sectional elevation of that portion of the window and easing containing the invention and especially showing the engagement of the main bolt withthe window-casing, and Fig. 4 is a perspective view of the bolts and a holder or shell carrying the same and comprising anew article of manufacture.

A represents the lower sash of the'window, B the u per sash, and C the Window-casing.

D is t e holder or shell, and E and G are the respective bolts set. at right angles to each other in said holder, and in this inslidably projected through bolt G for the purpose of j'ointoperation of said bolts, as will herein after more clearly appear. It will be seen that holder- D has a transverse slot 2 at its front and two'holes 3 and'4 at its rear oppofull len 'th thereof and bring bolt Einto projecting position with respect toeither of the holes 3 and 4, according as said bolt is withdrawn from engagement with the series of holes 0 in'casing, C or is projected into engagernen't therewith, as seenin Figs. 2 and 3. InF1g. 4 sald bolt is withdrawn from looking E is Withdrawn from its bolt Gin the upper sash.

within the holder or so as to be slidable in the slot 2 the" engagement with casing C, and bolt Glikewise is withdrawn from engagement with the series of holes din the side of the upper sash D and islocked back by projecting the bolt E outward through the hole 4 relatively as shown in Fig tion, both bolts E and G are outof locking engagement and are retired in the holder, so that no further locking can occur until bolt position in Fig. 4 and bolt G ,is carried thereby into locking engagement with one of the holes (2, while bolt E itself is brought opposite the hole 3 and projected therethrough into one of the holes 0 in the upper casing. It will be seen that when this occurs the lower sash is doubly locked by reason of being locked through bolt E in the window-casing and through This likewise locks the upper sash against being opened when up or' down, and the two sashes are thus locked together, while both are locked in the casing through the bolt E. Of course if I care to do so I can duplicate this mechanism upon the other side of the window, and thus make the lockdoubly secure ,but I do not deem this necessary. It will be noticed also that by mending the holes and d I can lock the 5 two sashes together in more or less open relation from above or from below, or both above andbelow, asmuch as may be desired for purposes of ventilation or the like. This makes an especially desirable sash-lock for" ground-floor windows, because ventilation can be aflorded or circulation from both below and above in the window and at the same time the sashes can be locked so that a person cannot enter above or below. It will be noticed, furthermore, that this makes an exceedingly simple as well as elfectlve lock for. the window because there is no hand- .work in the construction of the lock and slot 2 makes. provision'for all the adjustments both bolts require. The inner end of bolt E is slightly upset, so as to prevent its withdrawal through boltGr; but this does not prevent its passage back and forth through the holes 3 and 4.

, The holder or stem 1) is" provided with flanges at its bottom, through which it is fastened down .upon' the top of the lower sash,

and the series-of holes 0 and d in casing Cand upper sash B, respectively, are preferably faced with plates 7 and 8. A cross-slot like slot 2 might be'used at the rear of the holder in lieu of holes 3 and -4'if positive unlocking} Patented March 20, 1906.

. 4. When in this latter posioi the bolts were not desired. They are in such unlocked hole 4 is used.

What I claim is 1. In window-sash locks, a holder having a slot lengthwise of its front and openings at its rear opposite the ends of said slot and having openings at its ends on the same plane as said slot, in combination with a controlled bolt through said end openings and a main position in Fig. 4, for which bolt through said slot and slidably confined in a hole through said controlled bolt.

2. In sash-locks, a holder having openings through its ends and sides at right angles to 

